LAL 



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LAN 



half-ripened shoots in sand, under a glass, and in 

 heat, in May ; peat and loam. Winter temp., 40 

 to 45. 



L. cuneifo'rmis (wedge-team?). 15. Red. June. 

 Australia. 



lilaci'na (lilac). Lilac. June. Swan River. 1832. 



Paterso'nii (Paterson's). 20. Pale red. June. 



Norfolk Island. 1/92. 



LA'LAGE. (Named after Lalage, a gay 

 witty dame immortalized by Horace 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabaceas] 

 Linn., \Q-Monadeiphia Q-Decandria. Al- 

 lied to Platylobium.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, from New Hol- 

 land. Cuttings of the young shoots when thcj 

 are getting firm ; seeds in a slight, sweet hotbed 

 and seedlings gradually hardened ; sandy peat 

 with a little fibry loam, broken crocks, and char- 

 coal, and extra draining ; in summer, a very airy 

 greenhouse. Winter temp., not below 45. 

 L. #oi'<?tf/0'#a(Hovea-leaved). 2. Yellow, orange 

 March. 1841. 



ornafta (gay). 2. VTellow, purple. April. 1830. 



LAMBE'RTIA. (Named after the late 

 Mr. Lambert, a distinguished patron of 

 botany. Nat. or^Proteads [Proteaceas] 

 Linn., 4=-Tetrandria l-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Hakea.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, from New Hol- 

 land. Cuttings of the ripened shoots, before fresh 

 growth commences, in the spring, in sand, over 

 sandy peat, in pots nearly filled with drainage, 

 and covered with a bell-glass, and kept close and 

 cool until the base of the cutting swells, when a 

 little bottom-heat may be applied ; sandy loam 

 and fibry peat, well-drained, and mixed with 

 rough pieces of charcoal. Winter temp., 38 to 45. 

 L. echina'ta (hedgehog). 3. July. 1824. 



formo'sa (handsome). 4. Red. July. 1/88. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 4. Red. July. 1826, 



multiflo'ra (many-flowered). Orange. 



ovalifo'lia (oval-leaved). 1836. 



propi'nqua (related), 1830. 



LAMB'S LETTUCE. See COEN SALAD. 



LAMOUHOU'XIA. (Named after J. V. 

 ?*. Lamouroux, a naturalist. Nat. ord., 

 Fig worts [Scrophulariacea}]. Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia 2-Angiospermia. Allied to 

 Bartsia.) 



Greenhouse herbaceous perennials, scarlet - 

 flowered, from Mexico. For culture, see ANGE- 

 LO'NIA. 

 L. cordn'ta (heart-shaped-teayerf). l. 1846. 



multi'fida (m&ny-cleft-leaved). 14. 1846. 

 LAMPWICK. Phlo 'mis lychni'tis. 

 LANCE-WOOD. Guatte'ria. 



LAND -DITCHING. See DRAINING. 



LANDRA. Rapha'nus la'ndra. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING, as its name 

 intimates, is the composition of beautiful 

 scenery, so that all artifice is concealed 

 by the blending of trees, shrubs, ground, 

 and water; thus forming vistas as gratify- 

 ing as those which occur naturally. Admi- 

 ration for such scenery is an innate 



quality of the human mind; and success- 

 fully to imitate such scenery requires 

 judgment as well as taste. It is not pos- 

 sible, without a heavy outlay, to introduce 

 j any desired species of landscape b'eaufcy 

 upon a given plot of ground. There is 

 the beauty of the level surface, quite un- 

 attainable without such outlay, upon & 

 surface which is abrupt and broken. The 

 beauty of the clay districts is not other- 

 wise to be secured upon those of the 

 chalk ; neither on light uplands can be 

 arranged the dense beauties of well- 

 watered, alluvial vales. " Consult the 

 genius of the place " is an axiom which 

 has been derided, but which is dictated 

 by the soundest sense. 



Under this general head we have not 

 space to enter fully into details ; but 

 some of these will be found, under their 

 appropriate titles, in other pages, and 

 chiefly borrowed from Mr. Whately, who 

 has published more correct views upon 

 the art of tastefully arranging grounds 

 than most men who have written upon 

 the subject. 



LANKESTE'RIA. (Named after Dr. E. 

 Lankester, a distinguished botanist. Nat. 

 or&., Acanthads [Acanthacea3]. Linn. ,14- 

 Didynamia 2-Angiospermia. Allied to 

 Eranthemum.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, from Sierra Leone. 

 Cuttings of young shoots in sandy soil, in heat, 

 in sprine ; peat and loam, well drained. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 48 to 58. 

 L. langiflit'ra (long-flowered). Yellow. April. 



pari)//2o'> < a(8mall-flowered).Yello\v. April. 1844. 



LANTA'NA. (An ancient name for Vibur- 

 num. Nat. ord., Verbenas [Verbenaeese]. 

 Linn., l-L-Didynumia 2-Anf/iospermia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of the short 

 side-shoots, two inches in length, taken off close 

 to the old wood, when fresh growth commences, in 

 spring; fibry loam and a little peat; Sellovia'ne, 

 requires sandy peat. Summer temp., 60 to 85; 

 winter, 45 to 55. 



L. aculea'ta (prickly). 10. Red. June. W. Ind. 

 1692. 



Brasilie'nsis (Brazilian). 3, White. June. 



Brazil. 1823. 



cocci'nea (scarlet). 3. -Scarlet. June. S. Amer, 



1824. 



cro'cea (copper-coloured). 4. Copper. June. 



Jamaica. 1818. 



Mspida (bristly). 3. Purple. July. Mexico. 1824. 



ho'rrida (horrid). 3. Red. June. Mexico. 1824. 



involucra'ta (involucred). 3. Pink. July. W. 



Ind. 1690. 



lavandula'cea (lavender-like). 3. Red. July. 



S. Amer. 1820. 



melissifo'lia (balm-leaved). 2. Yellow. August. 



W. Ind. 1732. 



mo'lUs (soft). 4. Red, white. July. Mexico. 1828. 



multiflo'ra (many- flowered). 1834. 



